The Wound Provider Checklist — A Guide to Assist in Quality PALTC Wound Care
Quality wound management is a persistent concern for providers, patients, and families across the post-acute and long-term care health care space. As a patient transitions through this continuum, wound management can become fragmented, which contributes to delayed wound healing, prolonged suffering, and increased health care expenditures. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - March 1, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Scott Bolhack, Jeanine Maguire, Vycki Nalls Source Type: news
Firearm-related injuries-wound management, stabilization, and associated injuries: a critical analysis review - Portney DA, Baker HP, Selkridge I, El Dafrawy MH, Strelzow JA.
": Gun violence-related and firearm-related injuries are a public health crisis with increasing rates, particularly among younger demographics, in the United States despite a decline in incidence worldwide. ": There exists limited high-quality evidence to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 6, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Mobile Wound Management System Application Mobile Wound Management System Application
This article describes the successful implementation of a wound management system app for the assessment and coding of pressure injuries in hospitalized patients.Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - September 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
MolecuLight Added to the ISWCAP 2022 Consensus Guidelines for Optimising Prevention of Surgical Wound Complications
Authors of International Consensus Suggest that Fluorescence Imaging of Bacterial Burden is Positioned to Change Contemporary Paradigms of Post-Surgical Wound Management
TORONTO and LONDON, June 1, 2022 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) - Molec... Devices, Wound Care MolecuLight, MolecuLight i:X, fluorescence imaging (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 1, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Methylene Blue and Gentian Violet Foams in Pediatric Wounds Methylene Blue and Gentian Violet Foams in Pediatric Wounds
In this article, the author describes the successful use of methylene blue and gentian violet foam dressings in pediatric wound management.Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 31, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
NUS researchers develop smart bandage for chronic wound management
The technology can detect and analyse wound biomarkers within 15 minutes. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - October 25, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Clinical Approach to Chronic Wound Management in Older Adults Clinical Approach to Chronic Wound Management in Older Adults
Chronic wounds are a common challenge in older adults. Review the pathophysiology and management of pressure, vascular, neuropathic, and atypical wounds in this article.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 8, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Wound Management Strategy for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Wound Management Strategy for Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Learn more about the TIME approach and find out how it can simplify the management of cutaneous leishmaniasis.Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 3, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Assessing the Need for NPWT Utilization Guidelines Assessing the Need for NPWT Utilization Guidelines
Negative pressure wound therapy is widely used in wound management, but selecting the appropriate system can be challenging. Is it time for more standardized clinical guidance?Wounds (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - February 4, 2021 Category: Surgery Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
Complex Wound Management Using NPWTi-d in Cancer Care Complex Wound Management Using NPWTi-d in Cancer Care
Could this technique help promote wound healing among oncology patients with complex wounds?Wounds (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Journal Article Source Type: news
S+N Lands Contract to Produce OxVent Ventilators on a Large Scale
Smith+Nephew has been contracted by the UK government to build OxVent ventilators to help in the treatment of coronavirus(SARS-CoV-2). The London-based company said the OxVent ventilator is currently under review by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA) and the order is subject to the design gaining authorization.
The device was the result of a collaboration of scientists, clinicians and medical technology manufacturers from the University of Oxford, King’s College London and Smith+Nephew. Â
The company is supporting the assessment process and preparing for manufact...
Source: MDDI - April 1, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Contract Manufacturing Business Source Type: news
Driving biology: the effect of standardized wound management on wound biomarker profiles - Dente CJ, Styrmisdottir E, Shi A, Schobel S, Khatri V, Potter BK, Forsberg JA, Buchman T, Kirk AD, Elster E.
BACKGROUND: The timing of coverage of an open wound is based on heavily on clinical gestalt. DoD's Surgical Critical Care Initiative created a clinical decision support tool that predicts wound closure success using clinical and biomarker data. The militar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Updated Recommendations on Use of Td and Tdap Vaccines Updated Recommendations on Use of Td and Tdap Vaccines
New guidance allows for either Tdap or Td to be used in situations where Td was previously recommended, including for the 10-year booster and tetanus prophylaxis for wound management.Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 12, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Public Health & Prevention Journal Article Source Type: news
MolecuLight Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for its i:X(R) Handheld Fluorescence Imaging Device for Wound Management
New FDA Approval Extends Label to Including the i:X's Detection of Bacteria and Digital Wound Measurement
TORONTO, Dec. 5, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) - MolecuLight Inc., the world's leader in handheld fluorescence imaging for real-t... Devices, Diagnostics, Wound Care, FDA MolecuLight, fluorescence imaging (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - December 5, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
How Is Hidradenitis Suppurativa Treated?
Discussion
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a recurrent, chronic inflammatory disease of the hair follicles particularly in the apocrine gland-bearing areas of the axilla, inguinal, perianal, mammary and inframammary areas. Onset is usually after puberty, in the early 20s. It is more common in females than males. Prevalence is estimated to be 0.05- 4.1%. It can be associated with premature adrenarche, metabolic syndrome and obesity.
The lesions are often pruritic, painful, and with malodorous purulent drainage. It often begins with comedomes and tender nodules, and can easily progress to painful abscesses with purulent f...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - November 25, 2019 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
